Letters mainly to Burne from Lord Roberts, Lord Napier of Magdala and Lord Wolseley on the military situation in Afghanistan and on the North-West Frontier.
Letters from Lord Lytton, after his return to England, to Burne, at the India Office, on Lytton's work as viceroy and on contemporary Indian questions.
Letters to Burne from Lord Kimberley, Lord George Hamilton and Lord Hartington, later 8th Duke of Devonshire, mainly relating to the India Office and the Council of India. Dated as: 1877-1902; 1866